Guides & Comparisons

The working papers, side by side.

Every comparison here is the same analysis we run inside a client file. No affiliate links, no vendor bias. When the rules change — and they change — we update the page.

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Featured guides

The questions clients ask us first.

Crypto

Crypto payments for SaaS and iGaming

The structure (processor, operating company, bank), fiat vs stablecoin settlement, the jurisdictions where it's routine, and the grey areas that lose licences and bank accounts.

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Payments

Payment providers for international businesses

Acquirer, PSP, e-money, specialist or crypto rail: which to go for by business, company and customers, what each checks, and why offshore companies get refused.

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Georgia

Importing into and exporting from Georgia

Duties, 18% import VAT, free trade with the EU, UK and China, Special Trading Company and free zone regimes, and the ports, rail and roads in and out.

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Georgia

Georgia 1% tax & business setup

Paying 1% on your turnover, banking, crypto and moving there: how it works, and how we set the whole thing up.

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Jurisdiction

BVI vs Cayman vs Bermuda

For holding companies, funds and single-asset companies — which island suits what.

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Jurisdiction

UAE free zones & corporate tax

DIFC, ADGM, DMCC, RAK ICC, JAFZA — what they cost, what real presence they need, and how tax works now.

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Banking

Private banking onboarding

How much you need, how long it takes and who banks are taking on in Singapore, Hong Kong, Monaco and Switzerland.

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Banking

Banking insights

Everything we publish on corporate and private banking access.

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Licensing

EMI vs PSP vs VASP

E-money, payment or crypto licence: which fits your business — and why they fail at the bank, not the regulator.

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Licensing

iGaming licences & payments

Malta, Curaçao, Isle of Man, Anjouan — which licence, whether payment providers will work with you, and UK tax.

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Mobility

CBI programmes 2026

Getting a second passport by investing: every route, what it costs and the steps.

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Mobility

Residency by investment

Programmes across Europe, the Gulf, Asia and the Caribbean.

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Wealth

Trusts, foundations & IHT

When to use each, which country to put them in, and how they work now the UK taxes by residence.

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Pensions

QROPS in 2026

Moving a UK pension abroad — the 25% charge after the 2024 change, the 10-year catch, and when an international SIPP is better.

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Pensions

QNUPS explained

The overseas pension that sits outside UK inheritance tax — and the mistakes that get one challenged.

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Tax

The end of UK non-dom status

The new 4-year rules for foreign income, the inheritance tax test for long-term residents, and the 12% window for bringing money into the UK.

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Real assets

Yacht & aircraft flags

Flags compared on VAT, cost, chartering and what they're like day to day.

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